Sydney CBD | Permanent | Hybrid

We are seeking a curious, commercially minded and highly analytical Category Executive to join the Category & Commercial Activation team within our Commercial function. Reporting to the Head of Category & Commercial Activation, you’ll turn customer, channel and category data into clear insights and recommendations that drive category growth for our retail partners and McPherson’s.

Working closely with our Sales, Marketing and Category teams, and with data partners including Circana, IQVIA and Quantium, you’ll help shape category reviews, space and range recommendations, and the category strategies that underpin our business and customer plans.

About McPherson’s Consumer Products

McPherson’s is a leading supplier of health and beauty products across Australasia, with iconic brands like Manicare, Lady Jayne, Dr. LeWinn’s, Swisspers, and Fusion. We’re committed to nurturing confident, healthy, and sustainable lifestyles, and we pride ourselves on our inclusive, innovative, and growth-focused culture.

What You’ll Do

- Analyse customer, channel and category trends to uncover meaningful insights and translate them into clear, actionable business recommendations.
- Support the development of compelling, insight-led category reviews and recommendations that strengthen customer engagement and drive category growth.
- Own the development of merchandising and planogram (POG) recommendations that deliver positive outcomes for shoppers, customers and McPherson’s.
- Maintain and deliver monthly category performance reporting,



identifying key drivers and giving stakeholders transparent updates on category, brand and competitor performance.
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing on innovation gate papers, ensuring NPD decisions are supported by robust data and a explicit category and customer perspective.
- Maintain the accuracy and integrity of category databases, including segmentation, product hierarchy and new line inclusion.
- Identify opportunities to improve and streamline data and reporting processes.
- Support the development of category visions, strategies and growth plans that inform the annual integrated business planning process and customer plans.

About You You’ll bring a strong combination of analytical capability and commercial thinking, with a passion for turning data into insight and the confidence to influence stakeholders with a clear, fact-based story. Ideally, you’ll have:

- Experience in a category, insights, space planning or commercial analyst role, ideally within FMCG, retail or a similarly rapid-paced environment.
- Hands-on experience with retail and shopper data, ideally Circana (IRi), IQVIA or Quantium.
- Space planning and planogram experience, ideally using JDA or similar tools.
- Exposure to category reviews, range recommendations and NPD with retail customers.




- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to turn data into clear, compelling recommendations.
- Strong analytical and insight capability with advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Confident stakeholder management, with the ability to build solid relationships across Category, Sales and Marketing.
- Excellent planning and prioritisation skills, with a sharp eye for detail and data accuracy.
- An interest in continuous improvement and finding smarter ways to manage data and reporting.

Where You’ll Work You’ll be based in our modern Sydney CBD head office. What We Offer

- The opportunity to work with leading health and beauty brands.
- A supportive, inclusive and growth-focused culture.
- Modern offices in Sydney and flexible working arrangements.
- Generous staff discounts and career progression opportunities.
- The opportunity to shape how we use data and insights to drive category growth with our retail partners.
- The chance to make a real impact in a dynamic, purpose-driven business.

Why Join Us? At McPherson’s, you’ll be part of a passionate business committed to improving health and beauty. As our Category Executive, you’ll play an important role in connecting shopper and category insight with commercial outcomes, helping our customers and McPherson’s grow together. If you love turning data into insight, enjoy collaborating across the business and want to build your career in category management, we’d love to hear from you.

Click ‘Apply Now’ to join the McPherson’s team.

📌 Category Executive (Sydney)
🏢 McPherson's Consumer Products
📍 Sydney